Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman and pianist Brad Mehldau team up for these latest Tokyo dates at the Blue Note. The duo has played together on and off since the ’90s and have released several albums together, most recently “Nearness,” dropping on September 9 on Nonesuch Records. “It’s like one of those friendships where you don’t see someone for a long stretch and then you fall right back where you left off,” says Mehldau of his relationship with Redman. Watch the two friends pick up the thread as they improvise together at the Blue Note.